Book Summary of “The Game of Life and How to Play it” (1925) by Florence Scovel Shinn “The Game of Life and How to Play It” is a timeless self-help book by Florence Scovel Shinn, written almost 100 years ago in 1925. The book teaches readers how to create a happy and successful life by […]
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“Rich Dad Poor Dad” is a revolutionary personal finance book that has captured the attention of millions of readers worldwide. Written by Robert Kiyosaki, this book challenges the conventional wisdom of the traditional educational system and encourages individuals to think differently about money and investing. The purpose of this article is to provide a detailed
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Here is a summary of the top lessons from the book Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman. System 1 vs System 2 Our behavior is determined by 2 systems in our mind – one conscious and the other automatic. We think fast using heuristics for things we are familiar with instantly connecting the dots.
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The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck is a book about filtering what you find most important from what you find not to be important. The premise is that we can decide what to give a f*ck about and what not to care about at all. The author Mark Manson explains that we all
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The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel This book is a #1 bestseller on Amazon in its category and currently has 15,064 ratings that are 77% five star reviews. This book discusses behavioral economics in both personal finances and investing and gives solutions to the problems most people experience with money in their lives. This
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The Richest Man in Babylon is a great little personal finance book set as an ancient fictional tale that explains the ‘The Seven Cures to a Lean Purse’ and ‘The Five Rules of Gold’. The Seven Cures to a Lean Purse: Start thy purse to fattening. Pay yourself first. Save money before you pay any
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I first read the original version of this book over fourteen years ago, and it was the book that finally cemented for me the overall structure I needed to understand all the dynamics of profitable trading. I have read hundreds of trading books, and this one still stands head and shoulders above the rest. It
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There are a lot of trading books and resources online. We’d love to know who is your favorite trading author? Who has helped you the most on your trading journey? Check back in a week to see the final results, and thanks for sharing!
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This is a book review of Nassim Nicholas Taleb‘s new book: Skin in the Game. Skin in the Game is about the dynamics of the behaviors of people when their actions have downside risk along with the potential reward. Too many executives and politicians have all the upside reward from compensation and none of the risks of
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This is a Guest Post by AK of Fallible AK has been an analyst at long/short equity investment firms, global macro funds, and corporate economics departments. He co-founded Macro Ops and is the host of Fallible. You can find Macro Ops’ comprehensive reading list here. If you want to be a successful trader then you have to read…
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I really enjoy the study of economics and believe in the principles of free markets and supply and demand. I was very excited to see a book that combined what I fully understand: “economics” with what I can have difficulty understanding: “my wife”. I was not disappointed. I loved reading this book and think I
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Mark Minervini really brought a huge amount of value to the trading world by writing this book with far greater actionable details than other books on the market. He takes the trader through the technical dynamics it takes to be a profitable stock trader. By starting with a trading plan that defines your actions and
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A book review for Brent Penfold’s book “The Universal Principles of Successful Trading: Essential Knowledge for All Traders in All Markets” This book is excellent for traders that are ready for it. You need a foundation in trading to understand its importance and take the principles seriously. Once you are through the rainbow and butterfly
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Matthew Kratter has written a great little book explaining the dynamics of momentum stocks and the best ways to trade and profit from IPOs. This short read gets to the point with no wasted words and can be read in one sitting. He explains the dynamics of supply and demand, market cap, breakouts, and moving
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I really enjoyed this book by author Darrin Donnely who runs the DarvasTrader.com website. It was hard to put down, because it told the story of a head football coach that rose to the top of his profession with an NFL team, only to leave in failure and return to coach college football. Many of us are able to relate
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Matthew Kratter did a great job in this book explaining a simple strategy for when to buy the dip in your favorite stock. His strategy uses specific settings with Bollinger’s Bands to give you the best risk/reward ratio for your entry. He covers the bases on specific entry signals, position size, your stop loss
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This book is great for all the readers of Jack Schwager’s Market Wizards series. For the readers of that series that want a more specific actionable trading method here we have one of the world’s premier stock market traders right out of one of Schwager’s books giving us his methods, step by step. Mark
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